Rethinking Language Use in Digital Africa : Technology and Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book challenges the view that digital communication in Africa is limited and relatively unsophisticated and questions the assumption that digital communication has a damaging effect on indigenous African languages. The book applies the principles of Digital African Multilingualism (DAM) in whic...
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Multilingual Matters
2021
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